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cchumanrightscouncil
Mar 20, 2013
South African Anti-Apartheid Champion and Mandela Colleague to Speak in Concord April 13, 2014
Albie Sachs, an anti-apartheid activist appointed by President Nelson Mandela in 1994 as a judge on South Africa’s first Constitutional...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Mar 13, 2013
Holocaust Memorial Observance Event: 4/07/2013
This year’s observance, called for and hosted by Concord’s Board of Selectmen, will be held at Town Hall, 22 Monument Sq., on Sunday,...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Jan 1, 2013
Celebrating Dr. King’s Legacy
By Kimberly Hill, member of CCHRC On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council will honor Reverend Dr....
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 12, 2012
Upcoming Events: Human Rights Day Breakfast + MLK Celebration
Featuring Our Climate for Freedom Award Winner Jennifer Larson-Sawin, Executive Director, Communities for Restorative Justice...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 12, 2012
SUPPORT THE ABBY FUND!
Give organic, fair trade Chocolate Bars as holiday gifts to teachers, coworkers, family & friends, available online at: The Abby Fund...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 12, 2012
2012 Concord Prison Holiday Gift Bags
“I don’t hear from my family… You people were my Christmas last year.” Including our incarcerated neighbors in our holiday observance has...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 12, 2012
Take a Stand For Human Rights
by Wade Rubinstein, CCHRC member Six people are killed in a Sikh temple in Wisconsin by a white supremacist. Their crime? Gathering to...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 12, 2012
What is C4RJ?
In 1997, two Concord community leaders, Jean Bell and Joan Turner, organized a community forum on restorative justice. When 230...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 12, 2012
Fall 2012 | Letter from the Chairs
Dear Friends of the Human Rights Council: We write this as our nation prepares to vote for our next president on November 6. We are...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Apr 11, 2012
Dates to Remember
April 9, 2012 Concord Board of Selectmen Issue the Proclamation of the Week of Remembrance for the Victims of the Nazi Holocaust April...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Apr 11, 2012
Remembering Marty Martini by Polly Attwood
Concord has lost a committed and staunch advocate for human rights. The sudden and unexpected death of Marty Martini is a great blow to...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Apr 11, 2012
Book Review: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
We tend to forget, or rather, not recognize, that we are living ‘in history’, and that what we experience today is part of a larger story...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Apr 11, 2012
Q&A with Polly Attwood
30-year CCHRC Board Member Returns to England in September What were the highlights of working with the CCHRC? Witnessing the...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Apr 11, 2012
Life as a METCO Student by Peter Uzoma, MSW & 2004 METCO Alumni
Life as a METCO student had its challenges. Some of the challenges have made me the person I am today, like taking the early morning bus...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Apr 11, 2012
Spring 2012 | Letter from the Chairs
Dear Friends of the Human Rights Council, Once again, it has been a busy season for us – our committees have worked hard preparing for...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Jan 11, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration: 1/18/2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 7-8:30pm Willard Elementary School 185 Powder Mill Road, Concord, MA Please join us for a celebration in...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Jan 10, 2012
Concord honors Martin Luther King Jr.
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council will hold its annual celebratory event honoring the life and...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 27, 2011
Concord Prison Outreach annual Holiday Gift Bag Project
“It’s so nice to know that not everybody out in society has written us off” Concord Prison Outreach’s annual Holiday Gift Bag Project has...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 27, 2011
A Bridge to Hope: Domestic Violence Services Network, Inc. (DVSN-DVVAP)
by Jacquelin Apsler, Executive Director Autumn in New England invokes thoughts of family, feasts, vibrant colors, and anticipation of...
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cchumanrightscouncil
Nov 27, 2011
METCO Program Update
by Sarah Napier, METCO Family Friend Concord’s METCO Family Friends Program, which matches Boston and Concord families to foster...
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